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trident (n.)
mid-15c., from Latin
tridentem
(nominative
tridens
; genitive
tridentis
) "three-pronged, three-toothed," from
tri-
"three" +
dens
(genitive
dentis
) "tooth" (see
tooth
). As a type of U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, recorded from 1972.
